Optical system

ABSTRACT

There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect may be increased and a high degree of resolution may be realized.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority and benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-0092584 filed on Jul. 22, 2014, with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates to an optical system.

Recently, mobile communications terminals have commonly been provided with camera modules, enabling image capturing and video calling. In addition, as levels of functionality of cameras in such mobile communications terminals have gradually increased, cameras for use in mobile communications terminals have gradually been required to have higher levels of resolution and performance.

However, since there is a trend for mobile communications terminals to be miniaturized and lightened, there are limitations in obtaining camera modules having high levels of resolution and high degrees of performance.

In order to resolve such issues, recently, camera lenses have been formed of plastic, a material lighter than glass, and lens modules have been configured of five or more lenses to achieve high degrees of resolution.

SUMMARY

An aspect of the present disclosure may provide an optical system in which an aberration improvement effect is increased, and a high degree of resolution is realized.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an optical system may include: a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect may be increased and a high degree of resolution may be realized.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view of an optical system according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 2 and 3 are graphs having curves representing aberration characteristics of the optical system illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view of an optical system according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 5 and 6 are graphs having curves representing aberration characteristics of the optical system illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a view of an optical system according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 8 and 9 are graphs having curves representing aberration characteristics of the optical system illustrated in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a view of an optical system according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 11 and 12 are graphs having curves representing aberration characteristics of the optical system illustrated in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a view of an optical system according to a fifth exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIGS. 14 and 15 are graphs having curves representing aberration characteristics of the optical system illustrated in FIG. 13.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

In the drawings, the shapes and dimensions of elements maybe exaggerated for clarity, and the same reference numerals will be used throughout to designate the same or like elements.

In the drawings, the thicknesses, sizes, and shapes of lenses have been slightly exaggerated for convenience of explanation. Particularly, the shapes of spherical surfaces or aspherical surfaces illustrated in the drawings are illustrated by way of example. That is, the shapes of the spherical surfaces or the aspherical surfaces are not limited to those illustrated in the drawings.

In the present specification, a first lens refers to a lens closest to an object, while a seventh lens refers to a lens closest to an imaging surface.

In addition, a first surface of a lens refers to a surface thereof closest to an object (or an object-side surface) and a second surface of a lens refers to a surface thereof closest to an imaging surface (or an image-side surface). Further, all numerical values of radii of curvature, thicknesses, and the like, of lenses are indicated by millimeters (mm).

An optical system according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may include seven lenses.

That is, the optical system may include a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a fourth lens 40, a fifth lens 50, a sixth lens 60, and a seventh lens 70.

However, the optical system is not limited to only including the seven lenses, but may further include other components, if necessary. For example, the optical system may further include an infrared cut-off filter 80 filtering infrared light. Further, the optical system may further include an image sensor 90 converting an image of a subject incident thereon into an electrical signal. Further, the optical system may further include a gap maintaining member adjusting a gap between lenses.

In the optical system according to exemplary embodiments, the first to seventh lens 10 to 70 may be formed of plastic.

In addition, at least one of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have an aspherical surface. Alternatively, each of the first to sixth lenses 10 to 70 may have at least one aspherical surface.

That is, at least one of first and second surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may be aspherical. Here, the aspherical surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may be represented by the following Equation 1:

$\begin{matrix} {Z = {\frac{{cr}^{2}}{1 + \sqrt{1 - {\left( {1 + k} \right)c^{2}r^{2}}}} + {Ar}^{4} + {Br}^{6} + {Cr}^{8} + {Dr}^{10} + {ER}^{12} + {Fr}^{14} + {Gr}^{16} + {Hr}^{18} + {Jr}^{20}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack \end{matrix}$

Here, c is a curvature (inverse number of a radius of curvature), K is a Conic constant, and r is a distance from a certain point on the aspherical surface of the lens to an optical axis in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. In addition, constants A to J sequentially mean 4-th order to 20-th order aspherical surface coefficients. Further, Z is a distance between the certain point on the aspherical surface at the distance Y and a tangential plane meeting the apex of the aspherical surface of the lens.

The optical system including the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have lenses having positive refractive power/positive refractive power/negative refractive power/positive or negative refractive power/positive or negative refractive power/positive refractive power/negative refractive power sequentially from an object side.

The optical system configured as described above may improve optical performance through aberration improvement. In addition, in the optical system configured as described above, all of the seven lenses may be formed of plastic.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 1.

IMH/EPD<2.0   [Conditional Expression 1]

Here, IMH is a diagonal length of the image sensor 90, and EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical system.

Here, when IMH/EPD is out of an upper limit value of Conditional Expression 1, it may be difficult to realize a bright lens while satisfying a predetermined field of view or more.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 2.

BFL/TTL<0.25   [Conditional Expression 2]

Here, BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the seventh lens to an imaging surface, and TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface.

Here, when BFL/TTL is out of an upper limit value of Conditional Expression 2, it is difficult to secure a distance between each lens and the imaging surface, causing difficulty in manufacturing the optical system.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 3.

TTL/F<1.2   [Conditional Expression 3]

Here, TTL is the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.

Here, when TTL/F is out of an upper limit value of Conditional Expression 3, it may be difficult to realize miniaturization of the optical system while satisfying a predetermined field of view or more.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 4.

|Nd4−Nd6|<0.1   [Conditional Expression 4]

Here, Nd4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens, and Nd6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.

Here, when |Nd4−Nd6| is out of an upper limit value of Conditional Expression 4, it may be difficult to realize a high degree of resolution and improve chromatic aberration.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 5.

(r3−r4)/(r3+r4)<−1.0   [Conditional Expression 5]

Here, r3 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens, and r4 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.

Here, when (r3−r4)/(r3+r4) is out of an upper limit value of Conditional Expression 5, it is not easy to collect aberration, causing difficulty in realizing a high degree of resolution.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 6.

|(r7−r8)/(r7+r8)|<1.4   [Conditional Expression 6]

Here, r7 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and r8 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fourth lens.

Here, when (r7−r8)/(r7+r8) is out of an upper limit value of Conditional Expression 6, it is not easy to collect aberration, causing difficulty in realizing a high degree of resolution.

The optical system according to exemplary embodiments may satisfy Conditional Expression 7.

r14/F>0.3   [Conditional Expression 7]

Here, r14 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the seventh lens, and F is the overall focal length of the optical system.

Here, when r14/F is out of a lower limit value of Conditional Expression 7, it is not easy to collect aberration, causing difficulty in realizing a high degree of resolution and difficulty in decreasing a manufacturing cost.

F12/F>0.5   [Conditional Expression 8]

Here, F12 is a composite focal length of the first and second lenses, and F is the overall focal length of the optical system.

Here, when F12/F is out of a lower limit value of Conditional Expression, refractive power becomes excessively large, causing difficulty in collecting spherical aberration.

Next, the first to seventh lens 10 to 70 configuring the optical system according to exemplary embodiments will be described.

The first lens 10 may have positive refractive power. In addition, the first lens 10 may have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. In detail, first and second surfaces of the first lens 10 may be convex toward the object.

At least one of the first and second surfaces of the first lens 10 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the first lens may be aspherical.

The second lens 20 may have positive refractive power. In addition, both surfaces of the second lens 20 may be convex.

At least one of first and second surfaces of the second lens 20 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the second lens 20 may be aspherical.

The third lens 30 may have negative refractive power. In addition, both surfaces of the third lens 30 may be concave.

At least one of first and second surfaces of the third lens 30 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the third lens 30 may be aspherical.

The fourth lens 40 may have positive or negative refractive power. In addition, the fourth lens 40 may have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. In detail, first and second surfaces of the fourth lens 40 may be convex toward the object.

In addition, the fourth lens 40 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex.

At least one of the first and second surfaces of the fourth lens 40 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the fourth lens 40 may be aspherical.

The fifth lens 50 may have positive or negative refractive power. In addition, the fifth lens 50 may have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. In detail, a first surface of the fifth lens 50 maybe concave toward the object, and a second surface thereof may be convex toward the imaging surface.

At least one of the first and second surfaces of the fifth lens 50 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the fifth lens 50 may be aspherical.

The sixth lens 60 may have positive refractive power. In addition, the sixth lens 60 may have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. In detail, a first surface of the sixth lens 60 may be concave toward the object, and a second surface thereof maybe convex toward the imaging surface.

At least one of the first and second surfaces of the sixth lens 60 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the sixth lens 60 may be aspherical.

The seventh lens 70 may have negative refractive power. In addition, both surfaces of the seventh lens 70 maybe concave. In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.

In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have an inflection point formed on at least any one of first and second surfaces thereof. For example, the second surface of the seventh lens 70 may be concave in a paraxial region and become convex at an edge thereof.

At least one of the first and second surfaces of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical. For example, both surfaces of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical.

In the optical system configured as described above, a plurality of lenses perform an aberration correction function, whereby aberration performance may be improved. In addition, in the optical system, all of the lenses are formed of plastic, whereby a cost required for manufacturing a lens module may be decreased and manufacturing efficiency of the lens module may be increased.

An optical system according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3.

The optical system according to the first exemplary embodiment may include a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a fourth lens 40, a fifth lens 50, a sixth lens 60, and a seventh lens 70, and may further include an infrared cut-off filter 80 and an image sensor 90.

Here, respective characteristics (radii of curvature, thicknesses of lenses or distances between the lenses, refractive indices, and Abbe numbers) of lenses are illustrated in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Surface Radius Thickness Index Abbe Number Object Infinity Infinity 1 1.95 0.37 1.544 56.1 2 2.711 0.08 3 2.478 0.514 1.544 56.1 4 −7.494 0.1 5 −8.354 0.24 1.639 23.2 6 4.731 0.213 7 4.292 0.317 1.639 23.2 8 4.034 0.121 9 −35.733 0.467 1.544 56.1 10 −3.222 0.259 11 −2.446 0.352 1.639 23.2 12 −2.118 0.401 13 −9.809 0.763 1.534 55.7 14 2.087 0.154 15 Infinity 0.3 1.517 64.2 16 Infinity 0.6069 Image Infinity 0.0026

In the first exemplary embodiment, the first lens 10 may have positive refractive power, and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The second lens 20 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex. The third lens 30 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. The fourth lens 40 may have negative refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The fifth lens 50 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The sixth lens 60 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The seventh lens 70 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have an inflection point formed on at least one of first and second surfaces thereof.

Meanwhile, respective surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have aspherical surface coefficients as illustrated in Table 2. That is, all of the first surface of the first lens 10 to the second surface of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical.

TABLE 2 Example1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Y Radius 1.950 2.711 2.478 −7.494 −8.354 4.731 4.292 4.034 −35.733 −3.222 −2.446 −2.118 −9.809 2.087 Conic (K) −0.848 0.000 0.000 −51.016 −38.780 17.336 0.000 −27.496 0.000 0.000 0.000 −0.194 −62.710 −10.695 4th Order (A) −0.024 −0.072 −0.027 −0.018 0.035 −0.013 −0.180 −0.143 −0.103 0.000 0.123 0.121 −0.136 −0.053 6th Order (B) −0.021 −0.037 −0.024 −0.083 −0.097 0.046 0.151 0.130 0.107 0.107 −0.136 −0.099 0.024 0.014 8th Order (C) 0.006 0.158 0.183 0.206 0.222 −0.025 −0.163 −0.119 −0.061 −0.082 0.057 0.038 −0.002 −0.003 10th Order (D) −0.022 −0.170 −0.152 −0.147 −0.198 0.018 0.131 0.077 0.021 0.011 −0.022 −0.011 −0.002 0.000 12th Order (E) 0.009 0.053 0.041 0.036 0.064 −0.005 −0.040 −0.017 −0.001 −0.001 0.004 0.002 0.000 0.000 14th Order (F) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

In addition, the optical system configured as described above may have aberration characteristics illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.

An optical system according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 through 6.

The optical system according to the second exemplary embodiment may include a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a fourth lens 40, a fifth lens 50, a sixth lens 60, and a seventh lens 70, and may further include an infrared cut-off filter 80 and an image sensor 90.

Here, respective characteristics (radii of curvature, thicknesses of lenses or distances between the lenses, refractive indices, and Abbe numbers) of lenses are illustrated in Table 3.

TABLE 3 Surface Radius Thickness Index Abbe Number Object Infinity Infinity 1 1.950 0.378 1.544 56.1 2 3.284 0.100 3 2.921 0.400 1.544 56.1 4 −8.375 0.100 5 −9.516 0.220 1.639 23.2 6 4.647 0.254 7 4.611 0.350 1.639 23.2 8 4.472 0.141 9 −38.360 0.367 1.544 56.1 10 −3.349 0.381 11 −1.934 0.311 1.639 23.2 12 −1.766 0.272 13 −13.212 0.902 1.534 55.7 14 2.062 0.176 15 Infinity 0.300 1.517 64.2 16 Infinity 0.605 Image Infinity 0.004

In the second exemplary embodiment, the first lens 10 may have positive refractive power, and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The second lens 20 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex. The third lens 30 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. The fourth lens 40 may have negative refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The fifth lens 50 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The sixth lens 60 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The seventh lens 70 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have an inflection point formed on at least one of first and second surfaces thereof.

Meanwhile, respective surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have aspherical surface coefficients as illustrated in Table 4. That is, all of the first surface of the first lens 10 to the second surface of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical.

TABLE 4 Example2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Y Radius 1.950 3.284 2.921 −8.375 −9.516 4.647 4.611 4.472 −38.360 −3.349 −1.934 −1.766 −13.212 2.062 Conic (K) −1.020 0.000 0.000 −30.147 −38.780 17.506 0.000 −24.728 0.000 0.000 0.000 −0.226 −62.710 −10.695 4th Order (A) −0.027 −0.081 −0.026 0.004 0.036 −0.024 −0.152 −0.124 −0.081 −0.107 0.140 0.139 −0.120 −0.042 6th Order (B) −0.025 −0.035 −0.023 −0.114 −0.100 −0.107 0.114 0.105 0.074 −0.166 −0.142 −0.112 0.017 0.010 8th Order (C) 0.002 0.158 0.203 0.246 0.229 −0.013 −0.122 −0.107 −0.064 −0.107 0.053 0.043 −0.001 −0.002 10th Order (D) −0.016 −0.161 −0.166 −0.195 −0.208 0.016 −0.107 0.079 0.035 0.229 −0.015 −0.011 −0.001 0.000 12th Order (E) 0.009 0.051 0.037 0.054 0.077 −0.004 −0.038 −0.019 −0.005 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 14th Order (F) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

In addition, the optical system configured as described above may have aberration characteristics illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6.

An optical system according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 through 9.

The optical system according to the third exemplary embodiment may include a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a fourth lens 40, a fifth lens 50, a sixth lens 60, and a seventh lens 70, and may further include an infrared cut-off filter 80 and an image sensor 90.

Here, respective characteristics (radii of curvature, thicknesses of lenses or distances between the lenses, refractive indices, and Abbe numbers) of lenses are illustrated in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Surface Radius Thickness Index Abbe Number Object Infinity Infinity 1 2.186 0.368 1.544 56.1 2 4.260 0.100 3 2.946 0.423 1.544 56.1 4 −5.824 0.100 5 −6.306 0.240 1.639 23.2 6 4.638 0.300 7 13.116 0.318 1.639 23.2 8 −83.608 0.102 9 −4.616 0.300 1.544 56.1 10 −4.751 0.112 11 −3.645 0.537 1.544 56.1 12 −1.619 0.691 13 −5.209 0.493 1.534 55.7 14 2.039 0.166 15 Infinity 0.300 1.517 64.2 16 Infinity 0.614 Image Infinity −0.004

In the third exemplary embodiment, the first lens 10 may have positive refractive power, and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The second lens 20 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex. The third lens 30 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. The fourth lens 40 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex. The fifth lens 50 may have negative refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The sixth lens 60 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The seventh lens 70 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have an inflection point formed on at least one of first and second surfaces thereof.

Meanwhile, respective surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have aspherical surface coefficients as illustrated in Table 6. That is, all of the first surface of the first lens 10 to the second surface of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical.

TABLE 6 Example3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Y Radius 2.186 4.260 2.946 −5.824 −6.306 4.638 13.116 −83.608 −4.616 −4.751 −3.645 −1.619 −1.619 2.039 Conic (K) −1.133 0.000 0.000 −8.000 −38.780 16.697 0.000 −9.207 −1.830 0.000 0.000 −2.667 −2.667 −10.694 4th Order (A) −0.035 −0.092 −0.038 −0.001 0.035 −0.004 −0.166 −0.133 −0.039 0.012 0.074 0.055 0.055 −0.049 6th Order (B) −0.016 0.039 0.039 −0.073 −0.055 0.029 0.018 0.030 0.095 0.032 −0.089 −0.037 −0.037 0.012 8th Order (C) −0.010 0.026 0.070 0.108 0.124 0.023 −0.007 −0.020 −0.108 0.035 0.073 0.032 0.032 −0.002 10th Order (D) 0.008 −0.021 −0.065 −0.068 −0.114 −0.009 0.109 0.042 0.045 −0.014 −0.028 −0.014 −0.014 0.000 12th Order (E) −0.002 −0.001 0.015 0.019 0.040 −0.008 −0.060 −0.013 −0.003 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.000 14th Order (F) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

In addition, the optical system configured as described above may have aberration characteristics illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9.

An optical system according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 through 12.

The optical system according to the fourth exemplary embodiment may include a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a fourth lens 40, a fifth lens 50, a sixth lens 60, and a seventh lens 70, and may further include an infrared cut-off filter 80 and an image sensor 90.

Here, respective characteristics (radii of curvature, thicknesses of lenses or distances between the lenses, refractive indices, and Abbe numbers) of lenses are illustrated in Table 7.

TABLE 7 Surface Radius Thickness Index Abbe Number Object Infinity Infinity 1 1.957 0.369 1.544 56.1 2 3.273 0.100 3 2.922 0.395 1.544 56.1 4 −9.890 0.100 5 −11.571 0.240 1.639 23.2 6 4.736 0.204 7 3.225 0.301 1.544 56.1 8 4.458 0.292 9 −6.636 0.388 1.544 56.1 10 −2.827 0.091 11 −2.549 0.402 1.639 23.2 12 −2.415 0.255 13 7.668 0.824 1.534 55.7 14 1.542 0.238 15 Infinity 0.300 1.517 64.2 16 Infinity 0.609 Image Infinity 0.001

In the fourth exemplary embodiment, the first lens 10 may have positive refractive power, and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The second lens 20 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex. The third lens 30 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. The fourth lens 40 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The fifth lens 50 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The sixth lens 60 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The seventh lens 70 may have negative refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have an inflection point formed on at least one of first and second surfaces thereof.

Meanwhile, respective surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have aspherical surface coefficients as illustrated in Table 8. That is, all of the first surface of the first lens 10 to the second surface of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical.

TABLE 8 Example4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Y Radius 1.957 3.273 2.922 −9.890 −11.571 4.736 3.225 4.458 −6.636 −2.827 −2.549 −2.415 7.668 1.542 Conic (K) −1.329 0.000 0.000 −13.978 −38.652 18.037 0.000 −1.035 5.877 0.000 0.000 0.000 −6.710 −6.720 4th Order (A) −0.028 −0.093 −0.035 −0.017 0.024 −0.017 −0.147 −0.118 −0.110 0.000 0.242 0.000 −0.143 −0.056 6th Order (B) −0.029 −0.042 −0.013 −0.097 −0.110 0.036 0.099 0.055 0.078 0.000 −0.231 0.000 0.017 0.014 8th Order (C) −0.005 0.151 0.196 0.231 0.206 −0.020 −0.068 −0.041 −0.041 0.000 0.115 0.000 0.001 −0.003 10th Order (D) −0.024 −0.171 −0.150 −0.160 −0.176 0.004 0.054 0.046 0.015 0.000 −0.038 0.000 −0.001 0.000 12th Order (E) 0.014 0.059 0.028 0.032 0.066 0.009 −0.023 −0.015 0.000 0.000 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.000 14th Order (F) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

In addition, the optical system configured as described above may have aberration characteristics illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12.

An optical system according to a fifth exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 through 15.

The optical system according to the fifth exemplary embodiment may include a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a fourth lens 40, a fifth lens 50, a sixth lens 60, and a seventh lens 70, and may further include an infrared cut-off filter 80 and an image sensor 90.

Here, respective characteristics (radii of curvature, thicknesses of lenses or distances between the lenses, refractive indices, and Abbe numbers) of lenses are illustrated in Table 9.

TABLE 9 Surface Radius Thickness Index Abbe Number Object Infinity Infinity 1 1.931 0.367 1.544 56.1 2 2.993 0.103 3 2.750 0.411 1.544 56.1 4 −11.262 0.100 5 −13.547 0.240 1.639 23.2 6 4.743 0.219 7 3.212 0.285 1.544 56.1 8 4.233 0.330 9 −6.818 0.371 1.544 56.1 10 −2.855 0.138 11 −2.675 0.428 1.639 23.2 12 −2.329 0.323 13 14.684 0.674 1.534 55.7 14 1.550 0.213 15 Infinity 0.300 1.517 64.2 16 Infinity 0.610 Image Infinity 0.000

In the fifth exemplary embodiment, the first lens 10 may have positive refractive power, and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The second lens 20 may have positive refractive power and have both surfaces that are convex. The third lens 30 may have negative refractive power and have both surfaces that are concave. The fourth lens 40 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. The fifth lens 50 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The sixth lens 60 may have positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex. The seventh lens 70 may have negative refractive power and have a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. In addition, the seventh lens 70 may have an inflection point formed on at least one of first and second surfaces thereof.

Meanwhile, respective surfaces of the first to seventh lenses 10 to 70 may have aspherical surface coefficients as illustrated in Table 10. That is, all of the first surface of the first lens 10 to the second surface of the seventh lens 70 may be aspherical.

TABLE 10 Example5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Y Radius 1.931 2.993 2.750 −11.262 −13.547 4.743 3.212 4.233 −6.818 −2.855 −2.675 −2.329 14.684 1.550 Conic (K) −1.318 0.000 0.000 −24.417 −38.652 18.097 0.000 −3.129 13.482 0.000 0.000 0.598 −62.710 −7.444 4th Order (A) −0.027 −0.094 −0.034 −0.017 0.023 −0.012 −0.157 −0.141 −0.122 0.000 0.236 0.220 −0.132 −0.059 6th Order (B) −0.033 −0.052 −0.020 −0.106 −0.115 0.035 0.128 0.099 0.101 0.000 −0.255 −0.197 0.008 0.015 8th Order (C) 0.005 0.166 0.202 0.254 0.211 −0.030 −0.100 −0.082 −0.068 0.000 0.139 0.096 0.003 −0.003 10th Order (D) −0.034 −0.186 −0.153 −0.179 −0.175 0.012 0.068 0.065 0.029 0.000 −0.049 −0.028 −0.001 0.000 12th Order (E) 0.018 0.064 0.030 0.038 0.065 0.010 −0.024 −0.019 −0.003 0.000 0.007 0.003 0.000 0.000 14th Order (F) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

In addition, the optical system configured as described above may have aberration characteristics illustrated in FIGS. 14 and 15.

Meanwhile, it may be appreciated from Table 11 that the optical systems according to the first to fifth exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure satisfy Conditional Expressions 1 to 8 described above. Therefore, optical performance of the lens may be improved.

TABLE 11 First Second Third Fourth Fifth Exemplary Exemplary Exemplary Exemplary Exemplary Conditional Embodi- Embodi- Embodi- Embodi- Embodi- Expression ment ment ment ment ment IMH/EPD 1.775 1.764 1.803 1.832 1.757 IMH 3.428 3.428 3.428 3.428 3.428 EPD 1.9312 1.9425 1.9014 1.8711 1.9507 BFL/TTL 0.201 0.205 0.207 0.233 0.218 BFL 1.0537 1.076 1.066 1.138 1.113 TTL 5.25 5.25 5.15 5.1 5.1 TTL/F 1.155 1.148 1.172 1.187 1.159 F 4.5474 4.574 4.3862 4.2940 4.4 |Nd4 − Nd6| 0 0 0.099 0.099 0.099 Nd4 1.6461 1.6461 1.5465 1.5465 1.5465 Nd6 1.6461 1.6461 1.6461 1.6461 1.6461 (R3 − R4)/ −1.988 −2.071 −3.048 −1.850 −1.646 (R3 + R4) R3 2.4783 2.9211 2.9464 2.9219 2.7497 R4 −7.4940 −8.3754 −5.8236 −9.89 −11.2618 |(R8 − R7)/ 0.031 0.015 1.372 0.160 0.137 (R8 + R7)| R7 4.2922 4.6108 13.1162 3.2248 3.2116 R8 4.0339 4.4722 −83.6084 4.4578 4.2334 R14/F 0.459 0.449 0.464 0.359 0.352 R14 2.0875 2.0620 2.0388 1.5416 1.5497 F12/F 0.616 0.622 0.598 0.680 0.675 F12 2.8044 2.8398 2.6267 2.92 2.9705

As set forth above, in an optical system according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, an aberration improvement effect may be increased, and a high degree of resolution may be realized.

While exemplary embodiments have been shown and described above, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and variations could be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical system comprising: a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side.
 2. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the first lens has a meniscus shape of which the object-side surface is convex.
 3. The optical system of claim 1, wherein both surfaces of the second lens are convex.
 4. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the third lens has negative refractive power.
 5. The optical system of claim 1, wherein both surfaces of the third lens are concave.
 6. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the fourth lens has positive or negative refractive power.
 7. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the fourth lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.
 8. The optical system of claim 1, wherein both surfaces of the fourth lens are convex.
 9. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the fifth lens has positive or negative refractive power.
 10. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the fifth lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.
 11. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the sixth lens has positive refractive power.
 12. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the sixth lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.
 13. The optical system of claim 1, wherein both surfaces of the seventh lens are concave.
 14. The optical system of claim 1, wherein the seventh lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.
 15. The optical system of claim 1, wherein at least one surface of the seventh lens is aspherical.
 16. The optical system of claim 1, further comprising an image sensor converting an image of a subject incident thereon through the first to seventh lenses into an electrical signal, wherein Conditional Expression 1 is satisfied: IMH/EPD<2.0   [Conditional Expression 1] where IMH is a diagonal length of the image sensor, and EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical system.
 17. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 2 is satisfied: BFL/TTL<0.25   [Conditional Expression 2] where BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the seventh lens to an imaging surface, and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface.
 18. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 3 is satisfied: TTL/F<1.2   [Conditional Expression 3] where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging surface, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.
 19. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 4 is satisfied: |Nd4−Nd6|<0.1   [Conditional Expression 4] where Nd4 is a refractive index of the fourth lens, and Nd6 is a refractive index of the sixth lens.
 20. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 5 is satisfied: (r3−r4)/(r3+r4)<−1.0   [Conditional Expression 5] where r3 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens, and r4 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens.
 21. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 6 is satisfied: |(r7−r8)/(r7+r8)|<1.4   [Conditional Expression 6] where r7 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and r8 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the fourth lens.
 22. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 7 is satisfied: r14/F>0.3   [Conditional Expression 7] where r14 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the seventh lens, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.
 23. The optical system of claim 1, wherein Conditional Expression 8 is satisfied: F12/F>0.5   [Condtional Expression 8] where F12 is a composite focal length of the first and second lenses, and F is an overall focal length of the optical system.
 24. An optical system comprising: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive or negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive or negative refractive power; a sixth lens having positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side.
 25. The optical system of claim 24, wherein the first lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex.
 26. The optical system of claim 24, wherein both surfaces of the second lens are convex.
 27. The optical system of claim 24, wherein both surfaces of the third lens are concave.
 28. The optical system of claim 24, wherein the fifth lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.
 29. The optical system of claim 24, wherein the sixth lens has a meniscus shape of which an image-side surface is convex.
 30. The optical system of claim 24, wherein both surfaces of the seventh lens are concave.
 31. The optical system of claim 24, wherein the seventh lens has a meniscus shape of which an object-side surface is convex. 